DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 MARCH 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 MARCH 2015

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1.      SBI SELLS ITS STAKE IN CIBIL TO IIFL:

Ø  State Bank of India has sold its 4% stake in CIBIL for an estimated amount of Rs.72crores.

Ø  SBI has sold its 3% stake in CIBIL to IIFL India alternatives and 1% to India Info line finance.

CIBIL-> Credit information Bureau India Ltd. It is the largest information credit company in India.

Ø  Chief Financial officer of SBI-> P.K. Gupta

Ø  Chairman of SBI-> Arundhati Bhattacharya

2.     MANMOHAN SINGH SUMMONED BY COURT IN COAL SCAM CASE:

Ø  FORMER Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is summoned by a Delhi trial court as an accused in coal block allocation case.

Ø  Manmohan Singh was the coal minister of India in 2005.

Ø  Manmohan Singh is accused of accommodating kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Hindalco in a joint coal block.

3.     KISAN CALL CENTRE OPENED IN TRIPURA:

Ø  First ever Kisan call centre of North-east is opened in agartala, capital city of Tripura.

Ø  Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar launched the first KCC (kisan call centre) of north-east.

Ø  Although financed by the Tripura government, KCC will be run by a private enterprise with experts of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry.

4.     IMF INCREASES INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST TO 7.2% FOR CURRENT FISCAL:

Ø  IMF in its annual assessment report has raised its growth forecast for India to 7.2% for the current fiscal.

Ø  A revised methodology adopted by India for calculating its GDP has helped to rise its growth forecast.

IMF- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

5.      INDIA SIGNED 4 PACTS WITH SEYCHELLES:

Ø  Prime minister, Narendra Modi on his visit to Seychelles signed 4 pacts to boost security cooperation.

Ø  To boost security cooperation, Indian prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a surveillance radar project with Seychelles.

Ø  India also agreed to help Seychelles in mapping its hydrology reserves under four agreements.

Ø  India will provide second Dronier aircraft to Seychelles and provide free of cost visa for 3 months for its citizens.

ABOUT SEYCHELLES: Seychelles is an Island country in the Indian Ocean. It is an African state with smallest population.

Capital- Victoria

Currency- Seychellois rupee

President- James Michel

6.      ­­­­­­­KUMAR SANGAKKARA REACHES NEW HEIGHTS:

Ø  Srilanka’s kumar Sangakkara became the first player to score 4 successive centuries in one-day international cricket.

Ø  Kumar Sangakkara scored 4 consecutive centuries in the ongoing ICC cricket world cup 2015 against Bangladesh, England, Australia & Scotland.